Our Team
IISD has more than 250 staff working around the world and across many disciplines. We are chemists and biologists. We are political scientists, lawyers, and economists. We are researchers, reporters and communications experts. Above all, we're connected by our dedication to sustainable development.
Senior Management
Rod Araneda
Director, Information and Corporate Systems
Vanessa Farquharson
Director, Communications
Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Director, Energy Program, International Strategy
Pauline Gerrard
Interim Executive Director, IISD-ELA
Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Catherine Schinkel
Director, Talent and Culture
Louis St-Cyr
Director, Philanthropy
Flavia Thomé
Director, Project Management Office | Head of Operations, Economic Law and Policy
Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress
Economic Law and Policy
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Vice-President, Global Strategies and Managing Director, Europe
Cristina Larrea
Director, Agriculture, Food and Sustainability Initiatives
Suzy H. Nikièma
Director, Investment
Greg Radford
Director, IGF
Alexandra Readhead
Director, Tax and Sovereign Debt
Benjamin Simmons
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure
Flavia Thomé
Director, Project Management Office | Head of Operations, Economic Law and Policy
Alice Tipping
Director, Trade and Sustainable Development
Isabelle Ramdoo
Deputy Director, IGF
Motoko Aizawa
Senior Associate
Carlos Alberto Ortega
Environmental Advisor
Andrew Aziz
Senior Communications Manager
Ieva Baršauskaitė
Lead, Trade and the Green Transition
Maria Barral
Communications Officer
Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate
Hans Baumgarten
Strategic Advisor
Ronja Bechauf
Policy Advisor
Grégoire Bellois
Senior Policy Advisor
Steffany Bermúdez
Policy Advisor I
Tumpa Bithy
Senior Program Assistant
Antoine Bonnet
Policy Advisor
Jonathan Bonnitcha
Senior Associate
Isaak Bowers
Communications Officer
Yelena Bugakova
Project Manager
Facundo Calvo
Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture
Edoardo Carlucci
Policy Advisor
Liesbeth Casier
Lead, Public Procurement and Sustainable Infrastructure and Coordinator of the NBI Global Resource Centre
Danjela Celaj
Project Manager
Becca Challis
Communications Officer
Rodrigo Chavez
Program Financial Analyst
Elena Cornaro
Policy Advisor
Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate
Daniel Coyne
Project Manager
Juliana Cubillos
Associate
Darcie Doan
Senior Specialist, Trade and Climate
Tristan Easton
Senior Project Manager
Nabila El-Ahmed
Project Manager II, MEL
Sara Elder
Senior Policy Advisor, Standards Workstream
Lauren George
Communications Officer
Julien Grollier
Senior Project Manager
Thelma Halim
Policy Advisor
Jonathan Hamisi
Senior Policy Advisor
Warren Hardie
Communications Officer
Murtiani Hendriwardani
Policy Advisor
Tristan Irschlinger
Senior Policy Advisor, Fisheries Subsidies
Rashmi Jose
Senior Policy Advisor
Michail Kapetanakis
Research Analyst
Rashid S. Kaukab
Senior Specialist, Trade and Sustainable Development
Abas Kinda
Associate
Thomas Lassourd
Lead, Tax and Extractives
Andrea Lemus Mesa
Senior Policy Advisor
Marie-Eve Levert
Associate
Erika Luna
Policy Analyst
Nyaguthii Maina
Associate
Kudzai Mataba
Policy Analyst
Claire McConnell
Policy Advisor
Victoria McKay
Project Manager
Tigist Mergya
Project Assistant, SUNCASA
Sally Millett
Communications Manager
Hafiz Mirza
Senior Associate, Responsible Agricultural Investment Research
Kulupa Mkindlanyana
Project Manager
Catarina Mouta
Program Assistant
Clémence Naré
Senior Law Advisor, IGF
Nathalia Niño
Associate
Aanuoluwa Ogundipe
Communications Assistant
Ekpen Omonbude
Senior Policy Advisor
Josef Ostřanský
Policy Advisor
Georg Pallaske
Associate
Marina Ruete
Associate
Elka Parveva-Kern
Senior Project Manager, Economic Law and Policy/Project Management Office
David Perri
Senior Communications Officer, Economic Law and Policy
Nona Rogava
Project Manager
Josefina del Rosario Lago
Policy Analyst
Patricia Sanchez
Project Manager
Florencia Sarmiento
Policy Advisor
Stefanie Schacherer
Associate
Lukas Schaugg
Policy Advisor
Janina Schnick
Lead, SUNCASA Project
Morten Siersted
Senior Associate
Carly Sikina
Communications Assistant
Lionel Simeon
Senior Project Manager
Rob Stevens
Senior Associate
Tapasya Subedi
Project Assistant
Jaqueline Taquiri
Policy Advisor II, Tax and Extractives
Viola Tarus
Policy Advisor, Tax and Extractives
Ege Tekinbas
Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equity
Ronald Tundang
Associate
David Uzsoki
Lead, Sustainable Finance
Rupal Verma
Policy Analyst II
Vivek Voora
Senior Associate
Meizhen Wang
Policy Advisor I
Anahí Wiedenbrüg
Associate
Sean Woolfrey
Lead, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Mavra Zehra
Project Manager, Economic Law and Policy
Samantha Zhang
Policy Advisor I
Qi Zheng
Senior Policy Advisor
Energy
Christopher Beaton
Director, Energy Program, Public Financial Flows
Philip Gass
Director, Energy Program, Just Transitions and Canada
Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Director, Energy Program, International Strategy
Anna Ackermann
Policy Analyst, Green Reconstruction of Ukraine
Nushrat Anjum
Communications Assistant
Olivier Bois von Kursk
Policy Advisor
Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor
Aia Brnic
Communications Manager
Laura Cameron
Policy Advisor
Laura Carlos
Project Manager
Angela Carter
Senior Associate
Suprerana Chakraborty
Project Manager
Hrishabh Chandra
Policy Analyst
Vance Culbert
Senior Policy Advisor & Secretariat Manager, COFFIS
Megan Darby
Senior Communications Officer
Nhat Do
Policy Analyst
Aneta Dujanovic
Senior Program Assistant
Nichole Dusyk
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Canada Energy
Priyami Dutta
Policy Advisor
Vibhuti Garg
Associate and Senior Energy Specialist
Anna Geddes
Associate
Siddharth Goel
Lead, Electric Mobility & Renewable Energy Supply Chains
Steven Haig
Policy Analyst
Richard Halsey
Policy Advisor
Saumya Jain
Policy Analyst
Bethan Jones
Senior Communications Officer
Natalie Jones
Policy Advisor
Jessica Kelly
Senior Policy Advisor
Katerina Klimas
Senior Project Manager
Jonas Kuehl
Policy Advisor
Tara Laan
Lead, Incentivizing Renewables
Lucky Lontoh
Associate and Country Coordinator
Huma Malik
Program Financial Analyst
Sunil Mani
Policy Advisor
Neil McCulloch
Senior Associate
Tom Moerenhout
Associate
Greg Muttitt
Senior Associate
Ngan Nguyen
Project Manager
Minh Nhat Le
Project Assistant
Yuliia Oharenko
Associate
Serene Parenteau
Program Assistant
Paola Andrea Yanguas Parra
Policy Advisor
Angela Picciariello
Senior Researcher
Eduardo Posada
Policy Analyst
Anas Rahman
Senior Policy Advisor
Swasti Raizada
Policy Advisor
Zachary Rempel
Policy Analyst
Myriam Schmid
Lead, Program Operations
Pedro Schmid
Senior Project Manager
Shruti Sharma
Lead, Affordable Energy
Anissa Suharsono
Associate
Vasileia Tsiatoura
Project Manager
Ashwitha Tunga
Policy Analyst
Farooq Ullah
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Energy and Climate Governance
Indira Urazova
Policy Analyst
Bathandwa Vazi
Policy Advisor
Amelia Wainright
Communications Officer, Digital
Lukas Welker
Project Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Resilience
Anne Hammill
Associate Vice-President, Resilience
Jo-Ellen Parry
Deputy Director, Resilience
Alec Crawford
Director, Nature for Resilience
Angie Dazé
Director, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion for Resilience
Orville Grey
Head of Secretariat, NAP Global Network
Lama Abdellatif
Senior Project Manager and Proposal Coordinator
Kanwulia Amoye
Senior Program Financial Analyst
Ana Balanean
Policy Advisor, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Emilie Beauchamp
Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Adaptation to Climate Change
Samantha Boardley
Associate
Ezra Campbell
Senior Project Manager
Calais Caswell
Policy Advisor II, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Aurélie Ceinos
Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Julie Dekens
Principal Researcher
Adrian Estanol
Communications Officer
Georgia Exell
Policy Analyst I
Edom Frew Tekabe
Program Assistant, Human Resources
Patrick Guerdat
Policy Advisor
Vanessa Guidorizzi
Senior Program Assistant
Blane Harvey
Associate
Nicole Heaney
Policy Advisor, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Maribel Hernandez
Senior Policy Advisor, Adaptation Finance
David Hoffmann
Coordinator, NAP Global Network
Cameron Hunter
Policy Advisor
Francine Irakoze
Project Manager
Nicole Jang
Policy Analyst I
Michelle Kim
Project Manager II
Danielle Kitson
Project Coordinator
Christian Ledwell
Knowledge Manager, NAP Global Network
Veronica Lo
Senior Policy Advisor
Mauricio Luna Rodríguez
Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Change Adaptation Governance
Robin Montano
Project Assistant
Deborah Murphy
Senior Associate
Selina Nakarmi
Senior Project Assistant
Onyinye Oguntoye
Communications Officer
Iram Omer
Project Manager
Juliet Perry
Communications Manager
Chi Pham
Peer Learning Officer
Jeffrey Qi
Policy Advisor I
Farzana Rahman
Project Assistant
Ashley Rawluk
Policy Advisor
Marie Royer
Communications Officer
Zahra Sakr
Communications Assistant
Katharina Schmidt
Policy Advisor
Susan Sekirime
Senior Policy Advisor
Catherine Senecal
Senior Operations Manager
Gloria Sengutuvan
Senior Project Manager and Country Support Hub Manager
Anika Terton
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead
Geneva Yang
Policy Analyst
Mengyi Yang
Junior Program Financial Analyst
Amber Shumeng Zhang
Policy Analyst
Tracking Progress
Lynn Wagner
Senior Director, Tracking Progress
Jennifer Allan
Writer/Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Cesar Henrique Arrais
Senior Communications Officer
Hajra Atiq
Project Manager
Livia Bizikova
Lead II, Monitoring and Governance, Tracking Progress
Eleonora Bonaccorsi
Program Officer, Geneva 2030 Ecosystem
Pamela Chasek
Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Jennifer Covert
Lead, ENB Development
Melissa Downey
Program Financial Analyst
Carlos Socarras Estrada
Program Assistant
Stefan Jungcurt
Lead II, SDG Indicators and Data, Tracking Progress
Elena Kosolapova
Senior Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress
László Pintér
Senior Fellow
Valentina Romoli
Policy Advisor and Coordinator
Hillary Rosentreter
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress
Ousmane Sambou
Communications Officer
Maja Schmidt-Thomé
Lead, ENB Operations
Robert Smith
Senior Associate
Jessica Templeton
Lead, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Matthew TenBruggencate
Communications Manager
Kyle Wiebe
Policy Advisor, Tracking Progress
Water
Matthew McCandless
Interim VP Operations and Business Transformation
Pauline Gerrard
Interim Executive Director, IISD-ELA
Dimple Roy
Director, Water Management
Morgan Anderson
Field Sampling Technician/Senior Education and Relations Officer, IISD-ELA
Hammad Babatunde
Philanthropy Officer, IISD-ELA
Sumeep Bath
Editorial & Communications Manager, IISD-ELA
Erin Bend
Manager, Philanthropy, IISD-ELA
Patrique Bulloch
Food Web Biologist, IISD-ELA
Andrew (AJ) Chapelsky
Fish Research Technician, IISD-ELA
Stanley Chasia
Policy Advisor, NBS Biophysical Monitoring
Blake Cooney
Chemist I, IISD-ELA
Paul Fafard
Field Sampling Technician II, IISD-ELA
Aliana Fristensky
Policy Advisor
Richard Grosshans
Lead II, Bioremediation
Sonya Havens
Research Chemist, IISD-ELA
Chris Hay
Scientific Data Officer, IISD-ELA
Lauren Hayhurst
Fisheries Research Biologist II, IISD-ELA
Scott Higgins
Senior Research Scientist, IISD-ELA
Lee Hrenchuk
Senior Biologist, IISD-ELA
Petra Kiwan
Project Manager
Desiree Langenfeld
Biologist, IISD-ELA
Donna Laroque
Senior Program Assistant, IISD-ELA
Ted Lawrence
Executive Director, IISD-ACARE
Brittney Le Blanc
Communications Officer, Water
Josée Méthot
Senior Policy Specialist, Water
Roger Mollot
Operations Manager II, IISD-ELA
Vince Palace
Head Research Scientist, IISD-ELA
Serene Parenteau
Program Assistant
Michael Paterson
Senior Research Scientist, IISD-ELA
Lisa Peters
Research Associate, IISD-ELA
Marina Puzyreva
Senior Policy Advisor
Ashley Rawluk
Policy Advisor
Michael Rennie
Research Fellow, IISD-ELA
Jose Luis Rodriguez Gil
Research Scientist, IISD-ELA
Thomas Saleh
Policy Advisor, Data and Technology; IISD-ELA
Ken Sandilands
Biologist - Field Coordinator, IISD-ELA
Joey Simoes
Hydrologist II
Madeline Stanley
Remediation Ecology Scientist
Lauren Timlick
Biologist II - Ecotoxicology, IISD-ELA
Sarah Warrack
Junior Outreach and Education Manager, IISD-ELA
Idil Yaktubay
Scientific Database Management Assistant, IISD-ELA
Dilber Yunus
Indigenous Relations Manager, IISD-ELA
Administration and Finance
Grace Mota
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Lama Abdellatif
Senior Project Manager and Proposal Coordinator
Oluyemisi Alabi
Contract Administrator
Merrivee Anciano
Senior Controller
Kanwulia Amoye
Senior Program Financial Analyst
Ryan Aquino
Financial Support Analyst
Angelica Arceo
Accounting Assistant
Ahmed Babou
Director of Geneva Finance, Administration and Donor Reporting
Tumpa Bithy
Senior Program Assistant
Yelena Bugakova
Project Manager
Ezra Campbell
Senior Project Manager
Laura Carlos
Project Manager
Suprerana Chakraborty
Project Manager
Ramon Dator
Senior Program Financial Analyst
Melissa Downey
Program Financial Analyst
Aneta Dujanovic
Senior Program Assistant
Tristan Easton
Senior Project Manager
Edom Frew Tekabe
Program Assistant, Human Resources
Vanessa Guidorizzi
Senior Program Assistant
Marilou Ibe
Controller, IISD-ELA
Francine Irakoze
Project Manager
Michelle Kim
Project Manager II
Petra Kiwan
Project Manager
Katerina Klimas
Senior Project Manager
Donna Laroque
Senior Program Assistant, IISD-ELA
Huma Malik
Program Financial Analyst
Maria Martirez
Junior Accounting Manager
Robin Montano
Project Assistant
Elias Mukozi
Senior Accounting Manager
Selina Nakarmi
Senior Project Assistant
Ngan Nguyen
Project Manager
Minh Nhat Le
Project Assistant
Iram Omer
Project Manager
Elka Parveva-Kern
Senior Project Manager, Economic Law and Policy/Project Management Office
Jocelyn Quijano
Financial Support Analyst
Farzana Rahman
Project Assistant
Holly Rainsberry
Executive Assistant & Office Manager, Ottawa
Chloe Rew
Senior Advisor to the President & Corporate Secretary
Vickie Roberts
Senior Payroll Accountant
Myriam Schmid
Lead, Program Operations
Pedro Schmid
Senior Project Manager
Catherine Senecal
Senior Operations Manager
Gloria Sengutuvan
Senior Project Manager and Country Support Hub Manager
Vasileia Tsiatoura
Project Manager
Lukas Welker
Project Manager, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Gail Wozney
Office Coordinator & Administrative Assistant, Winnipeg
Mengyi Yang
Junior Program Financial Analyst
Communications
Vanessa Farquharson
Director, Communications
Katherine Clark
Deputy Director, Communications
Paulina Resich
Senior Communications Manager
Nushrat Anjum
Communications Assistant
Cesar Henrique Arrais
Senior Communications Officer
Andrew Aziz
Senior Communications Manager
Maria Barral
Communications Officer
Sumeep Bath
Editorial & Communications Manager, IISD-ELA
Isaak Bowers
Communications Officer
Aia Brnic
Communications Manager
Becca Challis
Communications Officer
Megan Darby
Senior Communications Officer
Elise Epp
Senior Graphic Designer
Adrian Estanol
Communications Officer
Lauren George
Communications Officer
Jon Grieve
Communications Officer
Warren Hardie
Communications Officer
Sydney Hildebrandt
Publishing Officer
Bethan Jones
Senior Communications Officer
Brittney Le Blanc
Communications Officer, Water
Sally Millett
Communications Manager
Aanuoluwa Ogundipe
Communications Assistant
Onyinye Oguntoye
Communications Officer
David Perri
Senior Communications Officer, Economic Law and Policy
Juliet Perry
Communications Manager
Anna Pokhilenko
Graphic Designer
Marie Royer
Communications Officer
Zahra Sakr
Communications Assistant
Ousmane Sambou
Communications Officer
Carly Sikina
Communications Assistant
Matthew TenBruggencate
Communications Manager
Amelia Wainright
Communications Officer, Digital
Ryan Woo
Digital Solutions Manager